Animal Care Manager

Cleveland Animal Protective League

Job Description

Salary: $60,000 - $65,000 annually

Cleveland Animal Protective League is looking for a driven animal welfare or animal services professional with experience in developing and managing operations, programs, services, customer service, and supervising personnel to join our team!

How you’ll impact our mission?
The Cleveland Animal Protective League believes in maintaining the human-animal bond whenever possible. This is an important role within the organization that manages the animal care, behavior, adoption programs, and shelter volunteers, to ensure that our quality of care, service, and performance meet the needs of our animals, clients, and organization.

If you believe in delivering the best animal and client service possible, want to be an active part of a team that saves the lives of homeless animals and works together to make quality pet care accessible to pet owners facing financial challenges, you may be just the person we need!

What’s in it for you?
We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and promote a drug-free workplace. We are always seeking dynamic individuals who will help fulfill our mission. We believe that the only way we are successful is with the right team, so we will invest in you.

As an employee you’ll enjoy:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, and Voluntary benefits
- 403(b) retirement plan with company match
- Company paid life insurance and long-term disability plan
- Two banks of Paid Time Off – Vacation Time and Sick Time
- Paid Personal Mental Health day
- 7 Paid Holidays, plus two floating holidays of personal choice
- Paid Bereavement time (family and pets)
- Employee Animal Wellness Program – extremely low service rates for veterinary care by our clinic!
- … and many more!

What we’re looking for:
- Associates degree preferred.
- Minimum of two years demonstrated management experience and proven success in developing and managing operations, programs, services, customer service, and supervising personnel preferably in animal welfare or animal services.
- Certified euthanasia technician (or completes certification within 6 months of hire).
- Must possess a valid Ohio Driver’s License and insurable driving record.
- Knowledge of effective management techniques and ability to utilize them to promote full performance and high morale.
- Considerable interpersonal skills including the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships and to effectively handle and diffuse high-stress and emotionally charged situations.
- Experience in animal behavior, health, handling, & care in a shelter environment strongly preferred.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills. Ability to express ideas clearly, both orally and in writing. Exercises good judgment when dealing with the public, staff, and volunteers.
- Detail oriented. Able to prioritize and perform duties efficiently and effectively with appropriate independence.
- Committed to maintaining the integrity of the APL’s client service programs, high standard of animal care, and promoting our mission to foster compassion and end animal suffering.
- Ability to perform and train staff in euthanasia.

Link to Full Job Description: https://clevelandapl.org/about-us/employment/animal-care-manager/

This is a full time job